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Full Idea
The 'colour-blind' universe of 'neutral' liberalism is actually an attempt to erase cultural identity and history.
Gist of Idea
Liberalism's attempt to be neutral and colour-blind erases cultural identities
Source
Adam Gopnik (A Thousand Small Sanities [2019], 3)
Book Ref
Gopnik,Adam: 'A Thousand Small Sanities' [riverrun 2019], p.166
A Reaction
This is the modern critique of liberalism [centred on the Intersectionality of Bell Hooks or Kimberlé Crenshaw], which analyses alienated minorities, and their emphasis on their difference in response. It can lead to 'identity politics'.
Related Idea
Idea 23138 Modern left-wingers criticise liberalism's control of culture [Gopnik]